# So go figure... I'm gay. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 11, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463 "2005-05-11T21:44:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/101 "2005-05-12T23:24:00Z")
No, I was saying you don’t know enough about history. Now, if I claimed you were afraid of the possibility that there may be gay authors, back in the annals of literature, and gay intellectual who want to have this fact acknowledged, then I would have been calling you homophobic. I am, however, simply saying you are unaware of the facts of the case. Also, I hope you realize the difference between fan girls/boys who have fantasies of their seeing L[Legolaus locked in a steamy embrace with Aragorn](http://www.noiresensus.com/checkpoint.html) and who believe it would be nice if only… , and find meager evidence to support it, with the strawmen of people who truly believe that is the way the book ended. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/102 "2005-05-12T23:52:19Z")
:rolleyes: Cheque please! …I would not object if a mod locked this thread… if only to put it out of it’s missery. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/103 "2005-05-13T11:53:30Z")
Sorry QuickSilver, but I figured he asked me, so I should answer. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/104 "2005-05-13T12:24:32Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Cheque Oh, you’re British? I can’t tell the difference between you and the gays anyway. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/105 "2005-05-13T13:46:52Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > Oh, you’re British? > > I can’t tell the difference between you and the gays anyway. Check the drink in front of them. If it’s a beer, you’ve got a Brit on your hands. If it’s something that was in a blender, is colorful, and has a cute paper umbrella, your observee has caught The Gay. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/106 "2005-05-13T13:50:09Z")
> [@chaoticdonkey](#): > > Check the drink in front of them. If it’s a beer, you’ve got a Brit on your hands. If it’s something that was in a blender, is colorful, and has a cute paper umbrella, your observee has caught The Gay. Hmm. I’ll take a Brit on my hands any day. There is SO a difference. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/107 "2005-05-13T13:58:25Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Hmm. I’ll take a Brit on my hands any day. There is SO a difference. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/108 "2005-05-13T16:01:27Z")
I’m sorry, have you guys ever met a British guy? If so, please tell me where you’re finding all these well-dressed, good-smelling non-sport obssesed Brit guys, so I can go and retrieve them and use them to teach our current over-population of football-strip wearing, eau-de-smoky-pub smelling, footie on the brain blokes the way of the almost gay. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/109 "2005-05-13T16:05:39Z")
> [@Jennyrosity](#): > > I’m sorry, have you guys ever met a British guy? If so, please tell me where you’re finding all these well-dressed, good-smelling non-sport obssesed Brit guys, so I can go and retrieve them and use them to teach our current over-population of football-strip wearing, eau-de-smoky-pub smelling, footie on the brain blokes the way of the almost gay. Ah, there’s your problem. The non-sport-obsessed Brits moved to Canada. And eventually helped give rise to me. I can therefore claim that my comprehension of _Monty Python_ is genetic. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/110 "2005-05-13T16:12:37Z")
> [@Jennyrosity](#): > > I’m sorry, have you guys ever met a British guy? Yes, one of my cousins. He just so freaking polite and restrained. I went to a purim service (a Jewish religious holiday) and rather then stamp his feat, and use noise makers when haman’s name was called, he and everyone else simply lightly tapped their pews. :eek: By the way, when I think of Britain, I do not think of football riots, but of character actor [Wesley Wyndham-Pryce](http://gunnwesley.populli.net/) ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/111 "2005-05-13T16:14:28Z")
Um, the actor who plays him is actually American, isn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/112 "2005-05-13T16:22:26Z")
[Alexis Denisof?](http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-540) Hell, he is from the same state I am from, and has married Alyson Hannigan (Willow), but that still doesn’tkeep me from thinking “Gay, also, British” (The literal sense, not the insult) every time I look at him. ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/113 "2005-05-13T16:42:04Z")
Aww, I didn’t know they were married, that’s so sweet! Oh dear, I’m in danger of hijacking this thread again, aren’t I? So,er, **Quicksilver** - gay yet? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/114 "2005-05-13T17:13:50Z")
Maybe it’s the LIZA cd you have blaring through the office that set them on to you. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/115 "2005-05-13T17:27:25Z")
:mad: \*\*BASTARDS, ALL! \*\* I am CA-NA-DI-AN!!! …also, really really not gay. At all. So blow me. Yeah, you know who you are! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/116 "2005-05-13T17:48:16Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > So blow me. Yeah, you know who you are! 😛 There’s the confusion. You’re not being specific enough. You need to specify people, or we might all jump at the offer at once. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/117 "2005-05-13T17:52:23Z")
> [@Jennyrosity](#): > > I’m sorry, have you guys ever met a British guy? Yes. I need a devil smiley but I’ll put this one in instead. 🆒 > [@](#): > > Scott\_plaid Cite? How the heck am I supposed to provide that? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/118 "2005-05-13T18:05:20Z")
> [@chaoticdonkey](#): > > There’s the confusion. You’re not being specific enough. You need to specify people, or we might all jump at the offer at once. 😛 😃 I thought nobody would ever ask… ahem: 1. **SusanStoHelit** 2. **Kimera** 3. Hi **Opal** 😉 4. **Indygrrl** 5. Angelina Jolie - Not a final list. \*\*Not necessarily in that order. \*\*\*'Cept Opal, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/119 "2005-05-13T18:06:57Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Cite? > > How the heck am I supposed to provide that? 😕 I meant it as a joke. It’s a way of saying, “Untill I see proof, I will continue to believe that British men are all gay, as in the stereotype of a well dresed metrosexual looking chap. Well, not really.” Sorry if I wooshed you. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/120 "2005-05-13T18:09:41Z")
> [@Scott\_plaid](#): > > Sorry if I wooshed you. I think you’re the one that’s been wooshed mate… 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463.md?page=7)